Tuesday, July 20, 2010

As Yashvin mentioned in his post Bloggers go hiking in Black River Gorges, the 3rd Mauritian Bloggers event, held on Saturday 17th July , consisted of a trek down Black River Gorges National Park, from Petrin to Black River.

The first part of the trek (in green) was along the Macchabée trail to the viewing point. The second part (in red) was the descent to the Visitor’s Centre…

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wow...i totally love ur photoblog blog...there are really awesome shots..such as the panoramic shots and the views.. i really don't want to do that but i'd love to give u a little advise for when next time u go trekking and taking photos, u avoid doing that little mistake which can refrain someone from seeing the real beauty of a photograph; here's the tip, whenever u see an object such as the mile indicator..dont snap the pic from up or half way on ur legs... sit down and snap it.. u can do it for the flowers also..it requires practice at start..but hopefully with time..u can get beter.. that doesnt mean u shud do it all the time..but at least consider it whenver ur shooting something which is on the ground.

@Yashna : I tried to do that too, but I was not feeling at ease with my undersized raining coat. But I might agree with what Carrot might say : Everywhere was muddy, so it was kindda unpractical to go low for those pics.

@Carrot : Thumbs up for one of the most detailed post I read :P LOL @Tushal who kept imagining far fetched ideas about his house!

Black River Gorges as i've never seen them before! Even though I actually haven't been to the National Park, these photos show me unique views of the Park.The rainbow shots are really great, would have been great to have a group photo with the rainbow in the background.

@carrot zoliiiiii fotos :) or 'nice tofs' as one would say :) I regret I couldn't come :(ps: the mosquito could also be an Aedes albopictus, which is also common in Mauritius(name mentionned during the Chikungunya campaign).

Have done this trek several times on my own, about 20-15 years ago and before the zone has been defined a "National Park" with regulations and permits and limitations and all that. Your pictures are nice memory. We just took the jungle as you did, to avoid the steep mudslides. Always walked down all the way through miles of sugarcane (there was no NP House at the jungle edge) to the coast road bend where there is a Chinese restaurant upstairs, and a bus stop.

There are many more undocumented treks possible in this area, to waterfalls and bassins in the jungle.

Also down to Chemin Grenier via Bassin Blanc is a beautiful trek, and so on.